1870 50C Standard Silver Half, Judd-988, Pollock-1117, High R.7
PR66 Cameo PCGS. CAC. The obverse features a bust of Liberty
facing right. She wears a headband inscribed LIBERTY, which is
decorated in the center with a star. Her hair is tied up in a bun.
IN GOD WE TRUST is beneath within a scroll, UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA is centered above her. The reverse exhibits a wreath of
cotton and corn, with 50 CENTS crowded inside the wreath. STANDARD
SILVER is centered above the wreath, and 1870 is beneath the
wreath. Struck in silver with a plain edge. This is a splendid,
sharply contrasted Standard Silver half. The centers of each side
are dazzlingly brilliant and surrounded at the margins by deep
russet-brown and cobalt-blue toning. The fields are very deeply
mirrored. (PCGS# 61234)